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Chapters
- 00:47Introduction
- 01:53Vortexing and Sonication
- 04:29Scraping and Homogenization
- 07:31Scraping, Vortexing, and Sonication
- 09:48Results
- 12:16Conclusion
This paper details methods that demonstrate three common biofilm harvesting and disaggregation techniques on two surface types, ruggedness testing of a harvesting method and minimum information to consider when choosing and optimizing harvesting and disaggregation techniques to increase reproducibility.
